Argentina's Telam News Agency Staff still Protesting

Argentina's Telam News Agency Staff still Protesting

Argentina's Telam News Agency Staff still Protesting

Buenos Aires, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Workers of Argentina''s state-controlled news agency Telam has reportedly continued today the peaceful takeover of two of its headquarters in response to the 354 layoffs of that Argentine media that also included the closure of six provincial correspondent offices.

Amid an atmosphere of tension, journalists, staff from different areas, employees and the unemployed, are fighting today on the legal arena for the reinstatement of those who were left without their jobs, and this Wednesday the Commission of Systems, Media, and Freedom of Expression of the Senate will receive the press guilds.

Since the management of the agency announced in a statement the decision to reduce the workforce 'on the way to modernize and professionalize the company,' the online service of Telam is paralyzed, while its journalists report that the staff was significantly reduced: from 878 workers to just over 500.

We are facing a conflict that is not only about dismissals. It is also for the freedom of opinion, of expression and thought, several trade union leaders of the historical agency pointed out this week in a press conference.

Yesterday, with the absence of the head of the Public Media System, Hernán Lombardi, who had been summoned, union delegates and opposition deputies met in Congress with the Labor Legislation Commission.

At the meeting several opposition voices agreed to push for a request for reports on the situation of Telam and a project to declare the occupational emergency in the agency, El Parlamentario portal reflected.

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Argentina's Telam News Agency Staff still Protesting

Buenos Aires, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Workers of Argentina''s state-controlled news agency Telam has reportedly continued today the peaceful takeover of two of its headquarters in response to the 354 layoffs of that Argentine media that also included the closure of six provincial correspondent offices.

Amid an atmosphere of tension, journalists, staff from different areas, employees and the unemployed, are fighting today on the legal arena for the reinstatement of those who were left without their jobs, and this Wednesday the Commission of Systems, Media, and Freedom of Expression of the Senate will receive the press guilds.

Since the management of the agency announced in a statement the decision to reduce the workforce 'on the way to modernize and professionalize the company,' the online service of Telam is paralyzed, while its journalists report that the staff was significantly reduced: from 878 workers to just over 500.

We are facing a conflict that is not only about dismissals. It is also for the freedom of opinion, of expression and thought, several trade union leaders of the historical agency pointed out this week in a press conference.

Yesterday, with the absence of the head of the Public Media System, Hernán Lombardi, who had been summoned, union delegates and opposition deputies met in Congress with the Labor Legislation Commission.

At the meeting several opposition voices agreed to push for a request for reports on the situation of Telam and a project to declare the occupational emergency in the agency, El Parlamentario portal reflected.